Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 
1887, Campbell Co.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, one of the leading lawyers of Newport, Ky., was born
December 25, 1843, in Newport, Campbell County.  He is a son of George
Washington, a native of Jefferson County, Va., who was born in 1817,
and whose father was Samuel Washington, the son of Thornton.  The 
latter was a son of Samuel Washington, who was a brother of Gen. George
Washington.  The mother of our subject was Martha Doxon, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Nolan) Doxon.  John Doxon was of Irish ancestry, 
and his wife of an old and distinguished Virginian family.  Martha, 
mother of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1823, and died in 
1876; they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  George 
Washington, the father of our subject, was a steamboat captain for many 
years.  He died in 1859.  George Washington, the subject of this sketch,
was educated at Newport and at Cincinnati, Ohio.  He read law with Gen. 
Albert Pike, and after being admitted to the bar began practice at 
Memphis, Tenn, in 1866.  He moved from there to Knoxville, Tenn., where 
he lived eleven years, taking a high place at the bar.  In 1881 he 
returned to Newport, Ky., and formed a partnership with Col. R. W. 
Nelson, which lasted five years, and since which time he has practiced 
by himself.  He served in the Confederate army twelve months, being 
discharged for injuries received in the service.  He was city attorney 
of Knoxville while there, and was also chairman of the Tennessee 
Gubernatorial Convention in 1880.  In 1867 he married Miss Jennie T.
Ramsey, daughter of Dr. Frank A. Ramsey, who was a brother of the 
celebrated Southern historian, Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey.  Her mother was Ann 
M. (Breck) Ramsey, a relative of the Todd family, of which family Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln was also a member.  Seven children have been born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Washington, viz: Ramsey W., Anna Lee, Alfred, WIlliam, 
Bettie, Bushrod and John.  Mr. Washington is a member of the I.O.O.F. 
and of the Masonic fraternity.  In religion he is an Episcopalian.

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